Originally Posted by DWB

That isn't even remotely correct. As much as I dislike them, the fact of the matter is, tubes are the new affiliates. As medium - smaller sized affiliates are phased out, tubes are taking up the slack and then some. Those with a proper tube campaign probably sees more sales form tubes than 95% of their non-tube affiliates.

Do I wish they would go away? Of course I do. I despise them. But they have all the traffic now and can send a good amount of sales to programs. That's just how it is.